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2012-04-02Merge branch 'for-next' of git://gitorious.org/kernel-hsi/kernel-hsiLinus Torvalds
Pull HSI (High Speed Synchronous Serial Interface) framework from Carlos Chinea: "The High Speed Synchronous Serial Interface (HSI) is a serial interface mainly used for connecting application engines (APE) with cellular modem engines (CMT) in cellular handsets. The framework is currently being used for some people and we would like to see it integrated into the kernel for 3.3. There is no HW controller drivers in this pull, but some people have already some of them pending which they would like to push as soon as this integrated. I am also working on the acceptance for an TI OMAP one, based on a compatible legacy version of the interface called SSI." Ok, so it didn't get into 3.3, but here it is pulled into 3.4. Several people piped up to say "yeah, we want this". * 'for-next' of git://gitorious.org/kernel-hsi/kernel-hsi: HSI: hsi_char: Update ioctl-number.txt HSI: Add HSI API documentation HSI: hsi_char: Add HSI char device kernel configuration HSI: hsi_char: Add HSI char device driver HSI: hsi: Introducing HSI framework
2012-04-02Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://github.com/rustyrussell/linuxLinus Torvalds
Pull cpumask cleanups from Rusty Russell: "(Somehow forgot to send this out; it's been sitting in linux-next, and if you don't want it, it can sit there another cycle)" I'm a sucker for things that actually delete lines of code. Fix up trivial conflict in arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c, where Rusty fixed a user of &cpu_online_map to be cpu_online_mask, but that code got deleted by commit b21d55e98ac2 ("ARM: 7332/1: extract out code patch function from kprobes"). * tag 'for-linus' of git://github.com/rustyrussell/linux: cpumask: remove old cpu_*_map. documentation: remove references to cpu_*_map. drivers/cpufreq/db8500-cpufreq: remove references to cpu_*_map. remove references to cpu_*_map in arch/
2012-03-31Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull perf updates and fixes from Ingo Molnar: "It's mostly fixes, but there's also two late items: - preliminary GTK GUI support for perf report - PMU raw event format descriptors in sysfs, to be parsed by tooling The raw event format in sysfs is a new ABI. For example for the 'CPU' PMU we have: aldebaran:~> ll /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/* -r--r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Mar 31 10:29 /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/any -r--r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Mar 31 10:29 /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/cmask -r--r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Mar 31 10:29 /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/edge -r--r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Mar 31 10:29 /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/event -r--r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Mar 31 10:29 /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/inv -r--r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Mar 31 10:29 /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/offcore_rsp -r--r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Mar 31 10:29 /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/pc -r--r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Mar 31 10:29 /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/umask those lists of fields contain a specific format: aldebaran:~> cat /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/offcore_rsp config1:0-63 So, those who wish to specify raw events can now use the following event format: -e cpu/cmask=1,event=2,umask=3 Most people will not want to specify any events (let alone raw events), they'll just use whatever default event the tools use. But for more obscure PMU events that have no cross-architecture generic events the above syntax is more usable and a bit more structured than specifying hex numbers." * 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (41 commits) perf tools: Remove auto-generated bison/flex files perf annotate: Fix off by one symbol hist size allocation and hit accounting perf tools: Add missing ref-cycles event back to event parser perf annotate: addr2line wants addresses in same format as objdump perf probe: Finder fails to resolve function name to address tracing: Fix ent_size in trace output perf symbols: Handle NULL dso in dso__name_len perf symbols: Do not include libgen.h perf tools: Fix bug in raw sample parsing perf tools: Fix display of first level of callchains perf tools: Switch module.h into export.h perf: Move mmap page data_head offset assertion out of header perf: Fix mmap_page capabilities and docs perf diff: Fix to work with new hists design perf tools: Fix modifier to be applied on correct events perf tools: Fix various casting issues for 32 bits perf tools: Simplify event_read_id exit path tracing: Fix ftrace stack trace entries tracing: Move the tracing_on/off() declarations into CONFIG_TRACING perf report: Add a simple GTK2-based 'perf report' browser ...
2012-03-31Merge tag 'scsi-misc' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 Pull SCSI updates from James Bottomley: "This is primarily another round of driver updates (lpfc, bfa, fcoe, ipr) plus a new ufshcd driver. There shouldn't be anything controversial in here (The final deletion of scsi proc_ops which caused some build breakage has been held over until the next merge window to give us more time to stabilise it). I'm afraid, with me moving continents at exactly the wrong time, anything submitted after the merge window opened has been held over to the next merge window." * tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (63 commits) [SCSI] ipr: Driver version 2.5.3 [SCSI] ipr: Increase alignment boundary of command blocks [SCSI] ipr: Increase max concurrent oustanding commands [SCSI] ipr: Remove unnecessary memory barriers [SCSI] ipr: Remove unnecessary interrupt clearing on new adapters [SCSI] ipr: Fix target id allocation re-use problem [SCSI] atp870u, mpt2sas, qla4xxx use pci_dev->revision [SCSI] fcoe: Drop the rtnl_mutex before calling fcoe_ctlr_link_up [SCSI] bfa: Update the driver version to 3.0.23.0 [SCSI] bfa: BSG and User interface fixes. [SCSI] bfa: Fix to avoid vport delete hang on request queue full scenario. [SCSI] bfa: Move service parameter programming logic into firmware. [SCSI] bfa: Revised Fabric Assigned Address(FAA) feature implementation. [SCSI] bfa: Flash controller IOC pll init fixes. [SCSI] bfa: Serialize the IOC hw semaphore unlock logic. [SCSI] bfa: Modify ISR to process pending completions [SCSI] bfa: Add fc host issue lip support [SCSI] mpt2sas: remove extraneous sas_log_info messages [SCSI] libfc: fcoe_transport_create fails in single-CPU environment [SCSI] fcoe: reduce contention for fcoe_rx_list lock [v2] ...
2012-03-30Merge branch 'core-locking-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull core locking updates from Thomas Gleixner. * 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated futex: Do not leak robust list to unprivileged process
2012-03-30Merge tag 'for-linus-3.4' of git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6Linus Torvalds
Pull MTD changes from David Woodhouse: - Artem's cleanup of the MTD API continues apace. - Fixes and improvements for ST FSMC and SuperH FLCTL NAND, amongst others. - More work on DiskOnChip G3, new driver for DiskOnChip G4. - Clean up debug/warning printks in JFFS2 to use pr_<level>. Fix up various trivial conflicts, largely due to changes in calling conventions for things like dmaengine_prep_slave_sg() (new inline wrapper to hide new parameter, clashing with rewrite of previously last parameter that used to be an 'append' flag, and is now a bitmap of 'unsigned long flags'). (Also some header file fallout - like so many merges this merge window - and silly conflicts with sparse fixes) * tag 'for-linus-3.4' of git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (120 commits) mtd: docg3 add protection against concurrency mtd: docg3 refactor cascade floors structure mtd: docg3 increase write/erase timeout mtd: docg3 fix inbound calculations mtd: nand: gpmi: fix function annotations mtd: phram: fix section mismatch for phram_setup mtd: unify initialization of erase_info->fail_addr mtd: support ONFI multi lun NAND mtd: sm_ftl: fix typo in major number. mtd: add device-tree support to spear_smi mtd: spear_smi: Remove default partition information from driver mtd: Add device-tree support to fsmc_nand mtd: fix section mismatch for doc_probe_device mtd: nand/fsmc: Remove sparse warnings and errors mtd: nand/fsmc: Add DMA support mtd: nand/fsmc: Access the NAND device word by word whenever possible mtd: nand/fsmc: Use dev_err to report error scenario mtd: nand/fsmc: Use devm routines mtd: nand/fsmc: Modify fsmc driver to accept nand timing parameters via platform mtd: fsmc_nand: add pm callbacks to support hibernation ...
2012-03-30Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux Pull ACPI & Power Management changes from Len Brown: - ACPI 5.0 after-ripples, ACPICA/Linux divergence cleanup - cpuidle evolving, more ARM use - thermal sub-system evolving, ditto - assorted other PM bits Fix up conflicts in various cpuidle implementations due to ARM cpuidle cleanups (ARM at91 self-refresh and cpu idle code rewritten into "standby" in asm conflicting with the consolidation of cpuidle time keeping), trivial SH include file context conflict and RCU tracing fixes in generic code. * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux: (77 commits) ACPI throttling: fix endian bug in acpi_read_throttling_status() Disable MCP limit exceeded messages from Intel IPS driver ACPI video: Don't start video device until its associated input device has been allocated ACPI video: Harden video bus adding. ACPI: Add support for exposing BGRT data ACPI: export acpi_kobj ACPI: Fix logic for removing mappings in 'acpi_unmap' CPER failed to handle generic error records with multiple sections ACPI: Clean redundant codes in scan.c ACPI: Fix unprotected smp_processor_id() in acpi_processor_cst_has_changed() ACPI: consistently use should_use_kmap() PNPACPI: Fix device ref leaking in acpi_pnp_match ACPI: Fix use-after-free in acpi_map_lsapic ACPI: processor_driver: add missing kfree ACPI, APEI: Fix incorrect APEI register bit width check and usage Update documentation for parameter *notrigger* in einj.txt ACPI, APEI, EINJ, new parameter to control trigger action ACPI, APEI, EINJ, limit the range of einj_param ACPI, APEI, Fix ERST header length check cpuidle: power_usage should be declared signed integer ...
2012-03-30Merge tag 'for-v3.4-rc1' of git://git.infradead.org/battery-2.6Linus Torvalds
Pull battery updates from Anton Vorontsov: "Various small bugfixes and enhancements, plus two new drivers: - A quite complex ab8500 charger driver, submitted by Arun Murthy @ ST-Ericsson; - Summit Microelectronics SMB347 Battery Charger, submitted by Bruce E Robertson and Alan Cox @ Intel. And that's all." * tag 'for-v3.4-rc1' of git://git.infradead.org/battery-2.6: (36 commits) max17042_battery: Clean up interrupt handling Revert "max8998_charger: Include linux/module.h just once" ab8500_fg: Fix some build warnings on x86_64 max17042_battery: Fix CHARGE_FULL representation. max8998_charger: Include linux/module.h just once power_supply: Convert i2c drivers to module_i2c_driver lp8727_charger: Add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE charger-manager: Simplify charger_get_property(), get rid of a warning charger-manager: Clean up for better readability da9052-battery: Convert to use module_platform_driver da9052-battery: Fix a memory leak when unload the module da9052-battery: Add missing platform_set_drvdata ab8500: Turn unneeded global symbols into local ones ab8500_fg: Fix copy-paste error ab8500_fg: Get rid of 'struct battery_type' ab8500_fg: Get rid of 'struct v_to_cap' ab8500_btemp: Get rid of 'enum adc_therm' ab8500_charger: Convert to the new USB OTG calls ab8500-btemp: AB8500 battery temperature driver ab8500-fg: A8500 fuel gauge driver ...
2012-03-30Documentation: fix typo in ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-usb-usbtmcRafal Kapela
Fix "the the" in ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-usb-usbtmc Signed-off-by: Rafal Kapela <raf.kapela@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-30Documentation: replace install commands with softdepsLucas De Marchi
Install commands should not be used to specify soft dependencies among modules. When loading modules it's much better to have a softdep that modprobe knows what's being done than having to fork/exec another instance of modprobe to load the other module. By using a softdep user has also an option to remove the dependencies when removing the module (and if its refcount dropped to 0) Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-30Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.confLucas De Marchi
Usage of /etc/modprobe.conf file was deprecated by module-init-tools and is no longer parsed by new kmod tool. References to this file are replaced in Documentation, comments and Kconfig according to the context. There are also some references to the old /etc/modules.conf from 2.4 kernels that are being removed. Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi> Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-30Documentation: input.txt: clarify mousedev 'cat' command syntaxRandy Dunlap
Clarify that the 'cat' command does not include the (c, 13, 32) after it. Reported-by: Dan Jidanni Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-30Documentation: CodingStyle: add inline assembly guidelinesJosh Triplett
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-30Documentation: sysrq: Crutcher Dunnavant is unavailableRandy Dunlap
Reported-by: Křištof Želechovski <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-30Documentation: mention scripts/diffconfig toolJavi Merino
The kconfig documentation suggests using plain 'diff' to compare config files and then adds "Yes, we need something better here". Commit a717417e7f96 ("kconfig: add diffconfig utility") added what that comment was looking for. Signed-off-by: Javi Merino <javi.merino@arm.com> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-30Documentation: remove 'mach' from dontdiff fileH Hartley Sweeten
The mach entry in the dontdiff file causes all the arch/arm/mach-*/include/mach directories to be skipped. Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-30Merge branch 'apei' into releaseLen Brown
Conflicts: drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c This was a conflict between 15afae604651d4e17652d2ffb56f5e36f991cfef (CPI, APEI: Fix incorrect APEI register bit width check and usage) and 653f4b538f66d37db560e0f56af08117136d29b7 (ACPICA: Expand OSL memory read/write interfaces to 64 bits) The former changed a parameter in the call to acpi_os_read_memory64() and the later replaced all calls to acpi_os_read_memory64() with calls to acpi_os_read_memory(). Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2012-03-30Merge branches 'acpica', 'bgrt', 'bz-11533', 'cpuidle', 'ec', 'hotplug', ↵Len Brown
'misc', 'red-hat-bz-727865', 'thermal', 'throttling', 'turbostat' and 'video' into release Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2012-03-30ACPI: Add support for exposing BGRT dataMatthew Garrett
ACPI 5.0 adds the BGRT, a table that contains a pointer to the firmware boot splash and associated metadata. This simple driver exposes it via /sys/firmware/acpi in order to allow bootsplash applications to draw their splash around the firmware image and reduce the number of jarring graphical transitions during boot. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2012-03-30Update documentation for parameter *notrigger* in einj.txtChen Gong
Add description of parameter notrigger in the einj.txt. One can utilize this new parameter to do some SRAR injection test. Pay attention, the operation is highly depended on the BIOS implementation. If no proper BIOS supports it, even if enabling this parameter, expected result will not happen. v2: Update the documentation suggested by Tony Suggested-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Chen Gong <gong.chen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2012-03-30cpuidle: add a sysfs entry to disable specific C state for debug purpose.ShuoX Liu
Some C states of new CPU might be not good. One reason is BIOS might configure them incorrectly. To help developers root cause it quickly, the patch adds a new sysfs entry, so developers could disable specific C state manually. In addition, C state might have much impact on performance tuning, as it takes much time to enter/exit C states, which might delay interrupt processing. With the new debug option, developers could check if a deep C state could impact performance and how much impact it could cause. Also add this option in Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: check kstrtol return value] Signed-off-by: ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@intel.com> Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2012-03-29Merge tag 'devicetree-for-linus' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
Pull devicetree documentation update from Grant Likely. * tag 'devicetree-for-linus' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: dt: Linux DT usage model documentation mtd: Move fdt partition documentation to a seperate file
2012-03-29dt: Linux DT usage model documentationGrant Likely
v2: 2nd draft - Editorial cleanups (Randy Dunlap and Stephen Warren) - Added missing Microblaze reference (Stephen Neuendorffer) - Make example of platform_device creation clearer (Shawn Guo) - Expand on PowerPC history and mention i2c mess (David Gibson) - convert to plain text (remove bits of html formating) Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2012-03-29Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull x32 support for x86-64 from Ingo Molnar: "This tree introduces the X32 binary format and execution mode for x86: 32-bit data space binaries using 64-bit instructions and 64-bit kernel syscalls. This allows applications whose working set fits into a 32 bits address space to make use of 64-bit instructions while using a 32-bit address space with shorter pointers, more compressed data structures, etc." Fix up trivial context conflicts in arch/x86/{Kconfig,vdso/vma.c} * 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (71 commits) x32: Fix alignment fail in struct compat_siginfo x32: Fix stupid ia32/x32 inversion in the siginfo format x32: Add ptrace for x32 x32: Switch to a 64-bit clock_t x32: Provide separate is_ia32_task() and is_x32_task() predicates x86, mtrr: Use explicit sizing and padding for the 64-bit ioctls x86/x32: Fix the binutils auto-detect x32: Warn and disable rather than error if binutils too old x32: Only clear TIF_X32 flag once x32: Make sure TS_COMPAT is cleared for x32 tasks fs: Remove missed ->fds_bits from cessation use of fd_set structs internally fs: Fix close_on_exec pointer in alloc_fdtable x32: Drop non-__vdso weak symbols from the x32 VDSO x32: Fix coding style violations in the x32 VDSO code x32: Add x32 VDSO support x32: Allow x32 to be configured x32: If configured, add x32 system calls to system call tables x32: Handle process creation x32: Signal-related system calls x86: Add #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT to <asm/sys_ia32.h> ...
2012-03-29Merge branch 'for-3.4' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linuxLinus Torvalds
Pull nfsd changes from Bruce Fields: Highlights: - Benny Halevy and Tigran Mkrtchyan implemented some more 4.1 features, moving us closer to a complete 4.1 implementation. - Bernd Schubert fixed a long-standing problem with readdir cookies on ext2/3/4. - Jeff Layton performed a long-overdue overhaul of the server reboot recovery code which will allow us to deprecate the current code (a rather unusual user of the vfs), and give us some needed flexibility for further improvements. - Like the client, we now support numeric uid's and gid's in the auth_sys case, allowing easier upgrades from NFSv2/v3 to v4.x. Plus miscellaneous bugfixes and cleanup. Thanks to everyone! There are also some delegation fixes waiting on vfs review that I suppose will have to wait for 3.5. With that done I think we'll finally turn off the "EXPERIMENTAL" dependency for v4 (though that's mostly symbolic as it's been on by default in distro's for a while). And the list of 4.1 todo's should be achievable for 3.5 as well: http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Server_4.0_and_4.1_issues though we may still want a bit more experience with it before turning it on by default. * 'for-3.4' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux: (55 commits) nfsd: only register cld pipe notifier when CONFIG_NFSD_V4 is enabled nfsd4: use auth_unix unconditionally on backchannel nfsd: fix NULL pointer dereference in cld_pipe_downcall nfsd4: memory corruption in numeric_name_to_id() sunrpc: skip portmap calls on sessions backchannel nfsd4: allow numeric idmapping nfsd: don't allow legacy client tracker init for anything but init_net nfsd: add notifier to handle mount/unmount of rpc_pipefs sb nfsd: add the infrastructure to handle the cld upcall nfsd: add a header describing upcall to nfsdcld nfsd: add a per-net-namespace struct for nfsd sunrpc: create nfsd dir in rpc_pipefs nfsd: add nfsd4_client_tracking_ops struct and a way to set it nfsd: convert nfs4_client->cl_cb_flags to a generic flags field NFSD: Fix nfs4_verifier memory alignment NFSD: Fix warnings when NFSD_DEBUG is not defined nfsd: vfs_llseek() with 32 or 64 bit offsets (hashes) nfsd: rename 'int access' to 'int may_flags' in nfsd_open() ext4: return 32/64-bit dir name hash according to usage type fs: add new FMODE flags: FMODE_32bithash and FMODE_64bithash ...
2012-03-29Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull x86 updates from Ingo Molnar. This touches some non-x86 files due to the sanitized INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK config usage. Fixed up trivial conflicts due to just header include changes (removing headers due to cpu_idle() merge clashing with the <asm/system.h> split). * 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/apic/amd: Be more verbose about LVT offset assignments x86, tls: Off by one limit check x86/ioapic: Add io_apic_ops driver layer to allow interception x86/olpc: Add debugfs interface for EC commands x86: Merge the x86_32 and x86_64 cpu_idle() functions x86/kconfig: Remove CONFIG_TR=y from the defconfigs x86: Stop recursive fault in print_context_stack after stack overflow x86/io_apic: Move and reenable irq only when CONFIG_GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ=y x86/apic: Add separate apic_id_valid() functions for selected apic drivers locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage x86/kconfig: Update defconfigs x86: Fix excessive MSR print out when show_msr is not specified
2012-03-29futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecatedKees Cook
Notify get_robust_list users that the syscall is going away. Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com> Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com Cc: spender@grsecurity.net Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120323190855.GA27213@www.outflux.net Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2012-03-29documentation: remove references to cpu_*_map.Rusty Russell
This has been obsolescent for a while, fix documentation and misc comments. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2012-03-28Merge tag 'mmc-merge-for-3.4-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc Pull MMC updates from Chris Ball: Core: * Support for MMC 4.5 Data Tag feature -- we tag REQ_META, so devices that support Data Tag will provide increased throughput for metadata. * Faster detection of card removal on I/O errors. Drivers: * dw_mmc now supports eMMC Power Off Notify, has PCI support, and implements pre_req and post_req for asynchronous requests. * omap_hsmmc now supports device tree. * esdhc now has power management support. * sdhci-tegra now supports Tegra30 devices. * sdhci-spear now supports hibernation. * tmio_mmc now supports using a GPIO for card detection. * Intel PCH now supports 8-bit bus transfers. * tag 'mmc-merge-for-3.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc: (53 commits) mmc: sh_mmcif: simplify bitmask macros mmc: sh_mobile_sdhi: support modular mmc-core with non-standard hotplug mmc: sh_mobile_sdhi: add a callback for board specific init code mmc: tmio: cosmetic: prettify the tmio_mmc_set_ios() function mmc: sh_mobile_sdhi: do not manage PM clocks manually mmc: tmio_mmc: remove unused sdio_irq_enabled flag mmc: tmio_mmc: power status flag doesn't have to be exposed in platform data mmc: sh_mobile_sdhi: pass card hotplug GPIO number to TMIO MMC mmc: tmio_mmc: support the generic MMC GPIO card hotplug helper mmc: tmio: calculate the native hotplug condition only once mmc: simplify mmc_cd_gpio_request() by removing two parameters mmc: sdhci-pci: allow 8-bit bus width for Intel PCH mmc: sdhci: check interrupt flags in ISR again mmc: sdhci-pci: Add MSI support mmc: core: warn when card doesn't support HPI mmc: davinci: Poll status for small size transfers mmc: davinci: Eliminate spurious interrupts mmc: omap_hsmmc: Avoid a regulator voltage change with dt mmc: omap_hsmmc: Convert hsmmc driver to use device tree mmc: sdhci-pci: add SDHCI_QUIRK2_HOST_OFF_CARD_ON for Medfield SDIO ...
2012-03-28Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb)Linus Torvalds
Merge third batch of patches from Andrew Morton: - Some MM stragglers - core SMP library cleanups (on_each_cpu_mask) - Some IPI optimisations - kexec - kdump - IPMI - the radix-tree iterator work - various other misc bits. "That'll do for -rc1. I still have ~10 patches for 3.4, will send those along when they've baked a little more." * emailed from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (35 commits) backlight: fix typo in tosa_lcd.c crc32: add help text for the algorithm select option mm: move hugepage test examples to tools/testing/selftests/vm mm: move slabinfo.c to tools/vm mm: move page-types.c from Documentation to tools/vm selftests/Makefile: make `run_tests' depend on `all' selftests: launch individual selftests from the main Makefile radix-tree: use iterators in find_get_pages* functions radix-tree: rewrite gang lookup using iterator radix-tree: introduce bit-optimized iterator fs/proc/namespaces.c: prevent crash when ns_entries[] is empty nbd: rename the nbd_device variable from lo to nbd pidns: add reboot_pid_ns() to handle the reboot syscall sysctl: use bitmap library functions ipmi: use locks on watchdog timeout set on reboot ipmi: simplify locking ipmi: fix message handling during panics ipmi: use a tasklet for handling received messages ipmi: increase KCS timeouts ipmi: decrease the IPMI message transaction time in interrupt mode ...
2012-03-28mm: move hugepage test examples to tools/testing/selftests/vmDave Young
hugepage-mmap.c, hugepage-shm.c and map_hugetlb.c in Documentation/vm are simple pass/fail tests, It's better to promote them to tools/testing/selftests. Thanks suggestion of Andrew Morton about this. They all need firstly setting up proper nr_hugepages and hugepage-mmap need to mount hugetlbfs. So I add a shell script run_vmtests to do such work which will call the three test programs and check the return value of them. Changes to original code including below: a. add run_vmtests script b. return error when read_bytes mismatch with writed bytes. c. coding style fixes: do not use assignment in if condition [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build the targets before trying to execute them] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: Documentation/vm/ no longer has a Makefile. Fixes "make clean"] Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-28mm: move page-types.c from Documentation to tools/vmDave Young
tools/ is the better place for vm tools which are used by many people. Moving them to tools also make them open to more users instead of hide in Documentation folder. This patch moves page-types.c to tools/vm/page-types.c. Also add a Makefile in tools/vm and fix two coding style problems: a) change const arrary to 'const char * const', b) change a space to tab for indent. Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> Acked-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-28mtd: Move fdt partition documentation to a seperate fileJamie Lentin
Partitions are described in the same way for all mtd devices when using devicetree, move the documentation to a separate file and add references to it. Signed-off-by: Jamie Lentin <jm@lentin.co.uk> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2012-03-28Merge branch 'for-linus-3.4' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.linaro.org/people/sumitsemwal/linux-dma-buf Pull dma-buf updates from Sumit Semwal: "This includes the following key items: - kernel cpu access support, - flag-passing to dma_buf_fd, - relevant Documentation updates, and - some minor cleanups and fixes. These changes are needed for the drm prime/dma-buf interface code that Dave Airlie plans to submit in this merge window." * 'for-linus-3.4' of git://git.linaro.org/people/sumitsemwal/linux-dma-buf: dma-buf: correct dummy function declarations. dma-buf: document fd flags and O_CLOEXEC requirement dma_buf: Add documentation for the new cpu access support dma-buf: add support for kernel cpu access dma-buf: don't hold the mutex around map/unmap calls dma-buf: add get_dma_buf() dma-buf: pass flags into dma_buf_fd. dma-buf: add dma_data_direction to unmap dma_buf_op dma-buf: Move code out of mutex-protected section in dma_buf_attach() dma-buf: Return error instead of using a goto statement when possible dma-buf: Remove unneeded sanity checks dma-buf: Constify ops argument to dma_buf_export()
2012-03-28Merge branch 'kvm-updates/3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvmLinus Torvalds
Pull kvm updates from Avi Kivity: "Changes include timekeeping improvements, support for assigning host PCI devices that share interrupt lines, s390 user-controlled guests, a large ppc update, and random fixes." This is with the sign-off's fixed, hopefully next merge window we won't have rebased commits. * 'kvm-updates/3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (130 commits) KVM: Convert intx_mask_lock to spin lock KVM: x86: fix kvm_write_tsc() TSC matching thinko x86: kvmclock: abstract save/restore sched_clock_state KVM: nVMX: Fix erroneous exception bitmap check KVM: Ignore the writes to MSR_K7_HWCR(3) KVM: MMU: make use of ->root_level in reset_rsvds_bits_mask KVM: PMU: add proper support for fixed counter 2 KVM: PMU: Fix raw event check KVM: PMU: warn when pin control is set in eventsel msr KVM: VMX: Fix delayed load of shared MSRs KVM: use correct tlbs dirty type in cmpxchg KVM: Allow host IRQ sharing for assigned PCI 2.3 devices KVM: Ensure all vcpus are consistent with in-kernel irqchip settings KVM: x86 emulator: Allow PM/VM86 switch during task switch KVM: SVM: Fix CPL updates KVM: x86 emulator: VM86 segments must have DPL 3 KVM: x86 emulator: Fix task switch privilege checks arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c: included linux/sched.h twice KVM: x86 emulator: correctly mask pmc index bits in RDPMC instruction emulation KVM: mmu_notifier: Flush TLBs before releasing mmu_lock ...
2012-03-28Merge git://github.com/rustyrussell/linuxLinus Torvalds
Pull module and param updates from Rusty Russell: "I'm getting married next week, and then honeymoon until 6th May. I'll be offline from next week, except to post the compulsory pictures if Alex shaves her head..." I'm sure Rusty can take time off from his honeymoon if something comes up. And here's the explanation about head shaving: http://baldalex.org/ in case you wondered and wanted to support another insane caper or Rusty's involving shaving. What *is* it with Rusty and shaving, anyway? * git://github.com/rustyrussell/linux: module: Remove module size limit module: move __module_get and try_module_get() out of line. params: <level>_initcall-like kernel parameters module_param: remove support for bool parameters which are really int. module: add kernel param to force disable module load
2012-03-28Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://cavan.codon.org.uk/platform-drivers-x86Linus Torvalds
Pull x86 platform driver updates from Matthew Garrett: "Some significant updates to samsung-laptop, additional hardware support for Toshibas, misc updates to various hardware and a new backlight driver for some Apple machines." Fix up trivial conflicts: geode Geos update happening next to net5501 support, and MSIC thermal platform support added twice. * 'for_linus' of git://cavan.codon.org.uk/platform-drivers-x86: (77 commits) acer-wmi: add quirk table for video backlight vendor mode drivers/platform/x86/amilo-rfkill.c::amilo_rfkill_probe() avoid NULL deref samsung-laptop: unregister ACPI video module for some well known laptops acer-wmi: No wifi rfkill on Sony machines thinkpad-acpi: recognize Lenovo as version string in newer V-series BIOS asus-wmi: don't update power and brightness when using scalar eeepc-wmi: split et2012 specific hacks eeepc-wmi: refine quirks handling asus-nb-wmi: set panel_power correctly asus-wmi: move WAPF variable into quirks_entry asus-wmi: store backlight power status for AIO machine asus-wmi: add scalar board brightness adj. support samsung-laptop: cleanup return type: mode_t vs umode_t drivers, samsung-laptop: fix usage of isalnum drivers, samsung-laptop: fix initialization of sabi_data in sabi_set_commandb asus-wmi: on/off bit is not set when reading the value eeepc-wmi: add extra keymaps for EP121 asus-nb-wmi: ignore useless keys acer-wmi: support Lenovo ideapad S205 Brazos wifi switch acer-wmi: fix out of input parameter size when set ...
2012-03-28Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging Pull i2c updates from Jean Delvare. Fix up trivial conflict in drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-gpio.c due to include file cleanup clashing with DT support addition (which did the same cleanup) * 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: i2c-algo-bit: Don't resched on clock stretching i2c: Update the FSF address i2c: Convert drivers/i2c/muxes/* to use module_i2c_driver() i2c-i801: Use usleep_range to wait for command completion i2c-i801: Add device IDs for Intel Lynx Point i2c-isch: Decrease delay in command completion check loop i2c-gpio: Use linux/gpio.h rather than asm/gpio.h
2012-03-28Merge tag 'gpio-for-linus' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
Pull GPIO changes for v3.4 from Grant Likely: "Primarily gpio device driver changes with some minor side effects under arch/arm and arch/x86. Also includes a few core changes such as explicitly supporting (electrical) open source and open drain outputs and some help for parsing gpio devicetree properties." Fix up context conflict due to Laxman Dewangan adding sleep control for the tps65910 driver separately for gpio's and regulators. * tag 'gpio-for-linus' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: (34 commits) gpio/ep93xx: Remove unused inline function and useless pr_err message gpio/sodaville: Mark broken due to core irqdomain migration gpio/omap: fix redundant decoding of gpio offset gpio/omap: fix incorrect update to context.irqenable1 gpio/omap: fix incorrect context restore logic in omap_gpio_runtime_* gpio/omap: fix missing dataout context save in _set_gpio_dataout_reg gpio/omap: fix _set_gpio_irqenable implementation gpio/omap: fix trigger type to unsigned gpio/omap: fix wakeup_en register update in _set_gpio_wakeup() gpio: tegra: tegra_gpio_config shouldn't be __init gpio/davinci: fix enabling unbanked GPIO IRQs gpio/davinci: fix oops on unbanked gpio irq request gpio/omap: Fix section warning for omap_mpuio_alloc_gc() ARM: tegra: export tegra_gpio_{en,dis}able gpio/gpio-stmpe: Fix the value returned by _get_value routine Documentation/gpio.txt: Explain expected pinctrl interaction GPIO: LPC32xx: Add output reading to GPO P3 GPIO: LPC32xx: Fix missing bit selection mask gpio/omap: fix wakeups on level-triggered GPIOs gpio/omap: Fix IRQ handling for SPARSE_IRQ ...
2012-03-28Merge tag 'mfd_3.4-1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sameo/mfd-2.6 Pull MFD changes from Samuel Ortiz: - 4 new drivers: Freescale i.MX on-chip Anatop, Ricoh's RC5T583 and TI's TPS65090 and TPS65217. - New variants support (8420, 8520 ab9540), cleanups and bug fixes for the abx500 and db8500 ST-E chipsets. - Some minor fixes and update for the wm8994 from Mark. - The beginning of a long term TWL cleanup effort coming from the TI folks. - Various fixes and cleanups for the s5m, TPS659xx, pm860x, and MAX8997 drivers. Fix up trivial conflicts due to duplicate patches and header file cleanups (<linux/device.h> removal etc). * tag 'mfd_3.4-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sameo/mfd-2.6: (97 commits) gpio/twl: Add DT support to gpio-twl4030 driver gpio/twl: Allocate irq_desc dynamically for SPARSE_IRQ support mfd: Detach twl6040 from the pmic mfd driver mfd: Replace twl-* pr_ macros by the dev_ equivalent and do various cleanups mfd: Micro-optimization on twl4030 IRQ handler mfd: Make twl4030 SIH SPARSE_IRQ capable mfd: Move twl-core IRQ allocation into twl[4030|6030]-irq files mfd: Remove references already defineid in header file from twl-core mfd: Remove unneeded header from twl-core mfd: Make twl-core not depend on pdata->irq_base/end ARM: OMAP2+: board-omap4-*: Do not use anymore TWL6030_IRQ_BASE in board files mfd: Return twl6030_mmc_card_detect IRQ for board setup Revert "mfd: Add platform data for MAX8997 haptic driver" mfd: Add support for TPS65090 mfd: Add some da9052-i2c section annotations mfd: Build rtc5t583 only if I2C config is selected to y. mfd: Add anatop mfd driver mfd: Fix compilation error in tps65910.h mfd: Add 8420 variant to db8500-prcmu mfd: Add 8520 PRCMU variant to db8500-prcmu ...
2012-03-28Merge git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdogLinus Torvalds
Pull watchdog updates from Wim Van Sebroeck: - Removal of the Documentation/watchdog/00-INDEX file - Fix boot status reporting for imx2_wdt - clean-up sp805_wdt, pnx4008_wdt and mpcore_wdt - convert printk in watchdog drivers to pr_ functions - change nowayout module parameter to bool for every watchdog device - conversion of jz4740_wdt, pnx4008_wdt, max63xx_wdt, softdog, ep93xx_wdt, coh901327 and txx9wdt to new watchdog API - Add support for the WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT ioctl call to the new watchdog API - Change the new watchdog API so that the driver updates the timeout value - two fixes for the xen_wdt driver Fix up conflicts in ep93xx driver due to the same patches being merged through separate branches. * git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog: (33 commits) watchdog: txx9wdt: fix timeout watchdog: Convert txx9wdt driver to watchdog framework watchdog: coh901327_wdt.c: fix timeout watchdog: coh901327: convert to use watchdog core watchdog: Add support for WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT IOCTL in watchdog core watchdog: ep93xx_wdt: timeout is an unsigned int value. watchdog: ep93xx_wdt: Fix timeout after conversion to watchdog core watchdog: Convert ep93xx driver to watchdog core watchdog: sp805: Use devm routines watchdog: sp805: replace readl/writel with lighter _relaxed variants watchdog: sp805: Fix documentation style comment watchdog: mpcore_wdt: Allow platform_get_irq() to fail watchdog: mpcore_wdt: Use devm routines watchdog: mpcore_wdt: Rename dev to pdev for pointing to struct platform_device watchdog: xen: don't clear is_active when xen_wdt_stop() failed watchdog: xen: don't unconditionally enable the watchdog during resume watchdog: fix compiler error for missing parenthesis watchdog: ep93xx_wdt.c: fix platform probe watchdog: ep93xx: Convert the watchdog driver into a platform device. watchdog: fix set_timeout operations ...
2012-03-28Merge tag 'dm-3.4-changes' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm Pull device-mapper changes for 3.4 from Alasdair Kergon: - Update thin provisioning to support read-only external snapshot origins and discards. - A new target, dm verity, for device content validation. - Mark dm uevent and dm raid as no-longer-experimental. - Miscellaneous other fixes and clean-ups. * tag 'dm-3.4-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm: (27 commits) dm: add verity target dm bufio: prefetch dm thin: add pool target flags to control discard dm thin: support discards dm thin: prepare to support discard dm thin: use dm_target_offset dm thin: support read only external snapshot origins dm thin: relax hard limit on the maximum size of a metadata device dm persistent data: remove space map ref_count entries if redundant dm thin: commit outstanding data every second dm: reject trailing characters in sccanf input dm raid: handle failed devices during start up dm thin metadata: pass correct space map to dm_sm_root_size dm persistent data: remove redundant value_size arg from value_ptr dm mpath: detect invalid map_context dm: clear bi_end_io on remapping failure dm table: simplify call to free_devices dm thin: correct comments dm raid: no longer experimental dm uevent: no longer experimental ...
2012-03-28Merge tag 'common-clk-api' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc Pull "drivers/clk: common clock framework" from Olof Johansson: "This branch contains patches from Mike Turquette adding a common clock framework to be shared across platforms. This is part of the work towards building a common zImage for several ARM platforms." * tag 'common-clk-api' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc: clk: make CONFIG_COMMON_CLK invisible clk: basic clock hardware types clk: introduce the common clock framework Documentation: common clk API
2012-03-28Merge tag 'dt2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-socLinus Torvalds
Pull "ARM: More device tree support updates" from Olof Johansson: "This branch contains a number of updates for device tree support on several ARM platforms, in particular: * AT91 continues the device tree conversion adding support for a number of on-chip drivers and other functionality * ux500 adds probing of some of the core SoC blocks through device tree * Initial device tree support for ST SPEAr600 platforms * kirkwood continues the conversion to device-tree probing" Manually merge arch/arm/mach-ux500/Kconfig due to MACH_U8500 rename, and drivers/usb/gadget/at91_udc.c due to header file include cleanups. Also do an "evil merge" for the MACH_U8500 config option rename that the affected RMI4 touchscreen driver in staging. It's called MACH_MOP500 now, and it was missed during previous merges. * tag 'dt2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc: (48 commits) ARM: SPEAr600: Add device-tree support to SPEAr600 boards ARM: ux500: Provide local timer support for Device Tree ARM: ux500: Enable PL022 SSP Controller in Device Tree ARM: ux500: Enable PL310 Level 2 Cache Controller in Device Tree ARM: ux500: Enable PL011 AMBA UART Controller for Device Tree ARM: ux500: Enable Cortex-A9 GIC (Generic Interrupt Controller) in Device Tree ARM: ux500: db8500: list most devices in the snowball device tree ARM: ux500: split dts file for snowball into generic part ARM: ux500: combine the board init functions for DT boot ARM: ux500: Initial Device Tree support for Snowball ARM: ux500: CONFIG: Enable Device Tree support for future endeavours ARM: kirkwood: use devicetree for rtc-mv ARM: kirkwood: rtc-mv devicetree bindings ARM: kirkwood: fdt: define uart[01] as disabled, enable uart0 ARM: kirkwood: fdt: facilitate new boards during fdt migration ARM: kirkwood: fdt: absorb kirkwood_init() ARM: kirkwood: fdt: use mrvl ticker symbol ARM: orion: wdt: use resource vice direct access ARM: Kirkwood: Remove tclk from kirkwood_asoc_platform_data. ARM: orion: spi: remove enable_clock_fix which is not used ...
2012-03-28dm: add verity targetMikulas Patocka
This device-mapper target creates a read-only device that transparently validates the data on one underlying device against a pre-generated tree of cryptographic checksums stored on a second device. Two checksum device formats are supported: version 0 which is already shipping in Chromium OS and version 1 which incorporates some improvements. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Elly Jones <ellyjones@chromium.org> Cc: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Cc: Olof Johansson <olofj@chromium.org> Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-28dm thin: add pool target flags to control discardJoe Thornber
Add dm thin target arguments to control discard support. ignore_discard: Disables discard support no_discard_passdown: Don't pass discards down to the underlying data device, but just remove the mapping within the thin provisioning target. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-28dm thin: support read only external snapshot originsJoe Thornber
Support the use of an external _read only_ device as an origin for a thin device. Any read to an unprovisioned area of the thin device will be passed through to the origin. Writes trigger allocation of new blocks as usual. One possible use case for this would be VM hosts that want to run guests on thinly-provisioned volumes but have the base image on another device (possibly shared between many VMs). Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-28dm thin: relax hard limit on the maximum size of a metadata deviceMike Snitzer
The thin metadata format can only make use of a device that is <= THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS (currently 15.9375 GB). Therefore, there is no practical benefit to using a larger device. However, it may be that other factors impose a certain granularity for the space that is allocated to a device (E.g. lvm2 can impose a coarse granularity through the use of large, >= 1 GB, physical extents). Rather than reject a larger metadata device, during thin-pool device construction, switch to allowing it but issue a warning if a device larger than THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS_WARNING (16 GB) is provided. Any space over 15.9375 GB will not be used. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-28dm thin: correct commentsJoe Thornber
Remove documentation for unimplemented 'trim' message. I'd planned a 'trim' target message for shrinking thin devices, but this is better handled via the discard ioctl. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-28dm: document sysfs entriesMilan Broz
Describe attributes provided by device-mapper in /sys/block. Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>